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| ORIGIN: |
Age: 23
Birthday: Aug. 26, 1985
Siblings: 1 brother, 1 sister |
| EDUCATION: |
Status: College
Graduate, Pensacola Christian College
Major: Advertising/Public Relations
Minor: Graphic Design, Broadcasting
Graduated: Tallmadge High School |
| INTERESTS: |
Life Verse: I
Peter 1:7-8
Scripture Passage: Philippians 4
Favorite Hymn: It Is Well with My Soul
Hobbies: Graphic Design, Website Design, Photography
Favorite Food: Chinese
Favorite Candy: Skittles |
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CURRENT PLANS: |
| With a degree in
Advertising & Public Relations, I am currently job-searching and
hoping to sink my feet into the waters of an advertising agency. |
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About
Me
I am 23 years
old and live in a small city in northeastern Ohio. I was born on
August 26, 1985, the middle of three children.
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History
Most people
refer to me as a twin due to the fact that my brother and I were born on
the same day. We do not look alike, so most people assume that we are
fraternal twins. However, my brother, Jesse, was born premature, and I was
born at a normal size. This indicates that something was not the normal
occurrence for twins. The doctors suggest my brother and I are a rare
batch in that we are not twins, identical nor fraternal, yet we were born
on the same day. In fact, it is also suggested that I am around one month
older than my brother. This can all be tracked down to a process that fits
our description: superfecundation.
My sister stands out,
too. She was born on Leap Year Day (February 29, 1984). That robs her of a
birthday every year, so on Leap Year we have celebrated with an
extravagant fiasco of some sort, whether it be through trips to New York
or visits to her college in Chicago. Abigail recently graduated from Moody
Bible Institute in downtown Chicago. She is now married to Karl Tan, and I
couldn't ask for a better brother in-law.
As for my childhood, I
grew up with a generally normal family. The term "normal" has
never really been defined, but we tend to believe we grew up in an average
family. My parents taught the three of us about God at an early age, and I
received Christ as Savior on December 21, 1991. I am so thankful for the
parents God allowed me to be blessed with, because they are the most
modest and humble, faithful parents I know. I have
attended a small nondenominational, Bible-believing church all my life.
It's very fundamental and stands on God's Word, and I wouldn't have it
any other way.
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Interests
Over the years I
have developed several interests, most of which seem to have popped up out
of nowhere in the last few years. As a child I had a keen sense of desire
to create, explore, and experiment with technology. Our first attempt with
this was when we completely re-created an Adventures in Odyssey
episode, "Gifts for Madge and Guy," from scratch. One of the
major attempts my sister and I made was in an audio drama we created
called "Hangin' By a Hanger," a story of a money-hungry wife's
desire to go shopping. Towards the end of the story, she has spent her
husband's entire paycheck and is left with an excessive amount of hangers,
obviously previously employed to hold clothing. Her closet is full of
worldly possessions, all of which fall on her at the end of the episode.
We planned on producing a second installment to finish off the story, but
that idea quickly left us. Another attempt my sister and I made was with
my cousin Caleb. The Love and...CHRONICLES, a series of four
completed dramas, resulted.
In these epics, two characters named Jon Dinkleberry and Marsha Jonworthy
find themselves separated by the winds of change and the demands for war.
Our sequels were quite fun to produce, however, they were less serious in
nature.
Since the days of
amateur radio drama,I have
diverted to experimentation with HTML, website design, and graphic
design. I have learned a lot since I began tinkering with technology in
late 2000, and I have even had the opportunity to spend some time teaching my
high school classes about web design as part of the curriculum. I
aggressively webmastered odysseyscoop.com
-- a fan site about Adventures in Odyssey -- from 2000-2004, and
had an astounding number of hits. I now have cut back on running the
site, but I still get tons of feedback and visits without even trying.
The site is now a highly-ranked website on the internet. For some time,
our church decided to enter the online community, and
fbfchurch.org was started to make sermons
more readily available. Now I have the opportunity to help Time
Ministries to reach the world for Christ through
timeministries.net. We have really seen
many blessings through Time's faithfulness to the Lord. You can learn
more about these sites in the Projects
section.
Another interest I have is writing. It
takes a little more motivation to sit down and do it, but God always
blesses when I use the talents He's given me. I think my desire to write
began when I was little. I always wanted to write, mainly because I
enjoyed Adventures in Odyssey and radio dramas so much. We'll see
what happens. Nothing may happen at all.
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Education
I completed the requirements for a degree in Advertising & Public
Relations at Pensacola Christian College in May 2009. For my first two
years, I spent my time earning a Broadcasting degree, but I
sensed that God had other plans. So,
with a Broadcasting minor completed, Advertising became my next major.
The Advertising/Public Relations major is teamed up with a Graphic
Design minor as well, so that leaves me with two minors. The school I
attended wasn't a piece of cake like most secular schools. The
environment at PCC placed an emphasis on high academic standards, and
each credit earned took much work.
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Conclusion
I'm at a loss
for what the future holds, but I know God will work in His time. It's just
a matter of waiting patiently on Him.
To learn a little more
about things I have been involved with, visit the Projects
section.
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